United Kingdom general election, 2017

The United Kingdom general election, 2017 was held on 8 June 2017. Each of the 650 constituencies elected one member of parliament (MP) to the House of Commons; the election had taken place only two years after the previous one, as Prime Minister Theresa May had called for a snap election with the goal of strengthening the UK Conservative Party for Brexit negotiations. Unfortunately for May, the election did not go as planned. The rival UK Labor Party gained 30 seats, the UK Liberal Democrats gained 4 seats, and the Irish nationalist Sinn Fein party gained 3 seats; fortunately for her, the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland gained 2 seats, making it a possible ally. The Social Democratic and Labor Party of Northern Ireland lost all of its seats to Sinn Fein and the DUP. Meanwhile, the pro-independence Scottish National Party lost 21 seats as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats made large gains in the country. In the end, the Conservatives remained the largest party, but they were forced to form a confidence and supply deal with the DUP to form a minority government, as it no longer held the parliamentary majority.